Soft

Browse ScienceInfo articles and explainers related to Soft.

Topic archive

Articles about Soft

254 published items.

Flying lizard eggs 120 million years in China
Archeology

Flying lizard eggs 120 million years in China

Five intact eggs and many adult flying lizard fossils were discovered in the Turpan-Hami basin, south of the Tianshan mountain range of Xinjiang autonomous region, north…

December 17, 2018
Detecting aquatic ancestors of vertebrates
Archeology

Detecting aquatic ancestors of vertebrates

A tiny, non-living little fish more than 500 million years ago is providing extremely important evidence of the origin of vertebrates on Earth.

December 17, 2018
Dinosaurs have them with ... chickens?
Archeology

Dinosaurs have them with ... chickens?

Recently, scientists have discovered soft tissue on the top of the head of the Edmontosaurus dinosaur in Canada and found similarities with the crest of the chicken toda…

December 17, 2018
Finding fossils with extremely rare soft tissue
Archeology

Finding fossils with extremely rare soft tissue

A group of researchers has made an extremely rare discovery of an animal with features such as crab, lobster and shrimp. This creature is also a mystery to science.

December 17, 2018
Can soft tissue of dinosaurs really exist?
Archeology

Can soft tissue of dinosaurs really exist?

Paleontologists have done a study in 2005 proving that soft tissue can be recovered from dinosaur bones that have been decomposed. This is a big discovery that will expa…

December 17, 2018
Soft tissue found in frog fossils
Archeology

Soft tissue found in frog fossils

Scientists have isolated the bone marrow of frogs and salamanders that died 10 million years ago in peat swamps of northeastern Spain.

December 17, 2018
Ancestors of birds - Archeopteryx
Archeology

Ancestors of birds - Archeopteryx

How did birds evolve? This is a difficult topic of science. Birds have soft bones that fly in the air, have few fossil occasions, so fossil records of bird roots are rar…

December 17, 2018
Stephen Hawking: Black hole has 'hair'
Space science

Stephen Hawking: Black hole has 'hair'

New hypothesis by astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and his colleagues suggest that black holes can wear a hair made from particles.

December 17, 2018
Self-propelled vehicles go on many terrains
Space science

Self-propelled vehicles go on many terrains

ATHLETE is a 6-foot robot vehicle developed by a group of American companies and institutes, capable of crossing quite hard, moderate or extremely soft surface terrains.

December 17, 2018
Soft rice for the elderly
Biology

Soft rice for the elderly

The new rice was created by the Miao-feng District Agricultural Research Station in central Taiwan. To find it, the station's scientists have been studying for the past…

December 17, 2018
Biodegradable shoes
Biology

Biodegradable shoes

Most footwear is now made of materials that are difficult to decompose. This has been overcome by two Dutch entrepreneurs Christiaan Maats Dirk, Jan Oudshoom, owner of O…

December 17, 2018
'Soft rice' ... helps solve hunger
Biology

'Soft rice' ... helps solve hunger

Indian scientists have successfully bred new rice varieties, which could benefit hundreds of millions of people in the country. Because the rice of this particular rice…

December 17, 2018
Ripe rice does not need to be cooked
Biology

Ripe rice does not need to be cooked

Indian agricultural experts claim they have just created a variety of rice that humans can eat after soaking in water, without cooking ...

December 17, 2018
Why are ripe apples so bland?
Biology

Why are ripe apples so bland?

The apple is both crispy and sweet, and the fruit is soft and spongy, pale and tasteless, even though they are born on the same mother tree. Are those light apples witho…

December 17, 2018